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See also:LEAD (pronounced iced)
, a See also:city of See also:Lawrence See also:county, See also:South
Dakota, U.S.A., situated in the See also:Black Hills, at an See also:altitude of
about 5300 ft., 3m
.
S.W. of See also:Deadwood
.
Pop
.
(189o) 2581, (1900)
621o, of whom 2145 were See also:foreign-See also:born, (1905) 8217, (1910) 8392
.
In 19o5 it was second in See also:population among the cities of the See also:state
.
It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the Chicago & See also:North-Western, and the Chicago, See also:Milwaukee & St See also:Paul See also:railways
.
See also:Lead has a See also:hospital, the Hearst See also:Free Library and the Hearst Free See also:Kindergarten, and is the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishopric
.
It is the centre of the See also:mining interests of the Black Hills, and the Homestake See also:Gold Mine here contains perhaps the largest and most easily worked See also:mass of See also:low-grade ore and one of the largest mining See also:plants (r000 stamps) in the See also:world; it has also three See also:cyanide See also:mills
.
From 1878 to 1906 the value of the gold taken from this mine amounted to about $58,000,000, and the See also:net value of the product of 1906 alone was approximately $5,313,516
.
For two months in the See also:spring of 1907 the mine was rendered idle by a See also:fire (See also: Lead was chartered as a city in 1890 and became a city of the first class in 1904 . |
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